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A Letter to the President

Ron Kovic | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Disabled, Marines, Afghanistan, Vietnam War, Ron Kovic, US Marines, Vietnam, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Marine Corps, Disabled Veterans, Veterans, Politics News

Many of us who served in Vietnam promised ourselves long ago that we would never again allow what happened to us in that war to ever happen again. We have an obligation to protest. To speak out.

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Matthew Hoh Resigns: State Department Official Quits Over Afghan War

Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Karzai, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Pakistan, Afghan War, President Obama, Kabul, Taliban, Afghanistan Troop Levels, Afghanistan War, Obama Decision, Mcchrystal, Marines, Military, War Games, Hoh, State Department, Nato, Matthew Hoh, More Troops, Iraq, Gates, Mullen, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban strongho...

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The Troops Have Landed, to Help us Build

Tom Gerdy | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact

Read More: Blitz Building, Habitat-for-Humanity, Marines, Community Service, Our Troops, Sailors, Volunteering, Giving Back, Impact News

As I looked over the crowd gathered to build houses for Habitat for Humanity, I saw the faces of about 100 Marines and sailors who had come out to help.

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Commander in Chief: Yes He Is

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 10.22.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, National-Security-Network, Marines, Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, Frank Gaffney, National Security, Cheney, Neoconservatives, US Army, Cold War, Commander-in-Chief, Afghanistan War, World News

Obama and his team (and an increasing number of voices on Capitol Hill) know that, in today's world, security problems are beyond the purview of the military acting alone.

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The Explosion of the Afghan Insurgency: Utterly Predictable, Yet Hotly Debated

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

Read More: Insurgency, Marines, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Washington, NATO Troops, Taliban, Intelligence Community, US Army, War on Terrorism, World News

Recently leaked intelligence assessments reportedly show that Al-Qaida and the jihadist Taliban groups account for only 10 percent of the insurgents in Afghanistan.

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Andrew Ward: Iraq War Veteran Opens Fire On Police In Lynn, Indiana

AP | Posted 10.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Depression, Mental Health, Marines, Veterans, Va, Suicide, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Lynn, Iraq War, Andrew Ward, Iraq, Indianna, Vets, Anxiety, PTSD Shooting, Home News

LYNN, Ind. — An ex-Marine who served in Iraq has been charged with three counts of attempted murder of a police officer after firing on police. ...

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Joseph Rocha: Gay Former Sailor Details Abuse In Navy Despite Keeping His Sexuality A Secret

Washington Post | Joseph Rocha | Posted 10.11.2009 | Politics

I was 18 years old when I landed in the kingdom of Bahrain, off the coast of Saudi Arabia, in the winter of 2005. It was the first time I'd ever left ...

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Lance Hering, Marine Who Staged Own Disappearance Escapes Felony Again

Posted 10.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Marines, Marine Deserter, Staged Disappearance, Boulder Colorado, Iraq, Post Tramatic Stress Disorder, Boulder Marine, Lance Hering, Denver News

Lance Hering, the troubled former Marine who triggered the most expensive man-hunt in Boulder County history when he staged his own disappearance in A...

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Marines Take Risks With Deadly Trust-Building Game

AP | EMERY P. DALESIO | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home

Read More: Marines Training, Marines, North Carolina, US Marines, Home News

RALEIGH, N.C. — Lance Cpl. Patrick Malone was relaxing on his bunk at an Iraqi combat base when a direct superior interrupted his late-night mov...

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Marines Walk Into Insurgent 'Trap' In Afghanistan; 4 Die

McClatchy | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Marines Killed, Marines, Gangigal, Taliban, Afghanistan, Kunar Province, Ambush, Kunar Province Ambush, World News

Four U.S. Marines died Tuesday when they walked into a well-laid ambush by insurgents in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province. ...

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George Will Debates NeoCons Over Afghanistan War

Huffington Post | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Withdrawl, Marines, George Will and Iraq Pullout, Afghanistan Troop Withdrawl, George Stephanopoulos, George Will on Stephanopoulos, General Charles Krulak, Krulak, George Will and Afghanistan Pullout, Afghanistan, Krulak Letter, This Week, Kabul, Baghdad, George Will on This Week, Politics News

Conservative commentator George Will appeared on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos Sunday Morning and took on NeoConservatives over the cou...

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VA Won't Pay Benefits To Marine Whose Injuries Came From Smallpox Vaccine

McClatchy Newspapers | David Goldstein | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Marines, Veterans Administration, Va, Smallpox Vaccine, Iraq, Military Benefits, Josef Lopez, Military Vaccine Agency, Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez, Home News

It wasn't a bullet or roadside bomb that felled Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez three years ago after nine days in Iraq. It was an injection into his arm befo...

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U.S. Marines Fight With Little Aid From Afghans

nytimes.com | RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Marines Afghanistan, Marines, Afghan Army, World News

KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan American Marines secured this desolate village in southern Afghanistan nearly two months ago, and last week they were fortify...

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Videos Explode Teabaggers' Health Care Myths

The Uptake | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Business, Marines, Military, Army, Teabaggers, Vets, Insurance, Obamacare, Air Force, Health Insurance, Navy, Teabagger, Medicare, Health Care, Healthcare, Veterans, Politics News

You may have heard that "Obamacare" will euthanize Grandma and force you to lose your medicare coverage. You may have heard that veterans will lose co...

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Twitter Tells Twitterers To Stop Twittering While Tweeting About Twitter

Lee Stranahan | Posted 09.03.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Social Media, Marines, Larry King, Twitter, Nfl, Trent Reznor, Comedy News

The confusingly popular social media site announced that the entire Twitter corporation has banned the use of Twitter by its employees, affiliated companies and entire user base.

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Gates and Trucks

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Dod, Marines, Public Defender, Gates, Pennsylvania, Department of Defense, US Soldiers, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, M-Atvs, Mraps, Bob Gates, Henry Louis Gates, Oshkosh Truck Corp, Politics News

For once, American manufacturers are producing the best weapons ahead of schedule, and will save lives of men who would die without them.

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Burning Up at My Bachelor Party

Chris Kyle | Posted 08.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Marines, Tarawa, Fenway Park, Jane Fonda, Twitter, Drinking Water, Bachelor Party, The Hangover, Drinking, Midway, Living News

For goodness sakes, if my grandfathers could survive World War II, surely I can survive my bachelor party.

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Winning the War at Home

Tom Matlack | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit, Marines, Harvard Business School, Auto Industry, Local-Motors, Business News

Even though he's no longer in combat, he's still a commander, now in a war to save the auto industry from itself.

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Afghan War: Troops Short On Supplies As Offensive On Taliban Continues

Washington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Foreign Affairs, Helmand, Afghanistan War, Marines, Afghan War Shortages, Taliban Afghanistan, Surge in Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Us Troops Afghanistan, Advocacy, War Wire, World News

U.S. Marines pushing deeper into Taliban territory in Afghanistan's Helmand River Valley are short of basic equipment and supplies ranging from radios...

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2 US Marines Die In Afghanistan Bomb Blasts

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 08.12.2009 | World

Read More: Warwire, Afghanistan, Marines, US Marines Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, US Marines, World News

KABUL — A bomb blast killed two U.S. Marines in Afghanistan's dangerous south, where thousands of American troops have deployed in a massive ope...

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Autistic Marine's Case Raises Questions On Recruiting Practices

LA Times | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: u.s. Marine Corps, Marines, Military, U.S. Military, Autism, Military Recruiting, u.s. Marines, Politics News

A few days after he arrived at boot camp here, Joshua Fry no longer wanted to be a Marine. He was confused by the orders drill instructors shouted at ...

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Obama's Consequential First 4th: NoKo, AfPak, Iraq, Russia, Palin (Palin?!)

William Bradley | Posted 08.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, Pakistan, North Korea, Sarah Palin, Joe Biden, Moscow, Iraq, Navy, John McCain, Dmitri Medvedev, Marines, Vladimir Putin, Nuclear Test, Missile, Japan, South Korea, Korean War, Camp David, Islamic Republic of Iran, Politics News

North Korea was to have been the drama of the day. But it turned into a major fizzle.

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The Military Industrial Complex: Truck You, Detroit, or Tanks for Nuttin' Update

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mraps, Contractors, Afghanistan, Detroit Three, Gm, Obama, Chysler, Ford, Oshkosh-Truck-Corp, Marines, Military, Army, Iraqs, Detroit, Navistar, Ieds, General Petraeus, Dod, Detroit Bailout, Atvs, Politics News

Our military procurement system is a mess. Our automobile industry is a mess. We might have helped both if we had gotten them to agree to build the next generation of military vehicles together.

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7,000 US Marines Patrolling Southern Afghan Desert

AP | CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Marines, Warwire, Afghanistan, War Wire, Taliban, Marines Patrolling Afghanistan, Afghanistan Marines, World News

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Teams of builders worked through dust storms Monday to expand a base for a brigade of U.S. Marines now fanning o...

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Veteran Stigma: "What Does My Country think of Me?"

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

The stigma that veterans face has turned into widespread employment discrimination, precisely at a time when getting a job is especially difficult.

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